{
  "id": 2701738,
  "title": "Tinubu Asks APC Campaign Council to Defeat Forces Seeking to Take Nigeria Backwards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/tinubu-asks-apc-campaign-council-to-defeat-forces-seeking-to-take",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T03:14:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/23/tinubu-asks-apc-campaign-council-to-defeat-forces-seeking-to-take-nigeria-backwards/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Bola Tinubu has charged the members of the APC campaign council to defeat all forces seeking to take Nigeria backwards in the 2027 presidential election. The council, headed by Tinubu, was announced with Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General and Hope Uzodimma as Secretary. Vice President Kashim Shettima and Senator Nentawe Yilwatda also serve as vice chairmen. The African Democratic Congress criticized the council as a rehabilitation center for corruption suspects.",
  "summary": "*President heads campaign council; Yari emerges as DG, accepts appointment *Shettima, Yilwatda named vice chairmen; Uzodimma secretary *ADC: APC campaign council a rehabilitation centre for corruption suspects Deji Elumoye and",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The appointment of a campaign council, despite criticism it is a gathering of certain types of people, signals President Tinubu's intent to rally his party for the next election.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}